1971. In the Goutte d'Or district of Paris, North African emigrants live in groups because they are not wanted anywhere else. The two Arab and French communities, forced to live together, do not understand each other and clash.

Salah, who comes from the south of the Maghreb, discovers the life of the emigrant in Paris and attends as a witness or actor to the daily incidents which weave the lives of his compatriots. This, except for the exception which involves less than honest means, is painful and painful. The racist French people in the neighborhood took the initiative in attacks which went as far as a double assassination. Salah, helped by determined comrades, realized that it was necessary to act and collaborated in the organization of a mass demonstration. Everyone meets at the courthouse, united and determined.

Director Ktari Naceur
Screenplay Lise Bouzidi - Christine Jancovici - Ahmed Kassem - Naceur Ktari - Gérard Mauger
Director of photography Jean-Jacques Rochut
Son Antoine Bonfanti - Hechmi Joulak
Editing François Ceppi - Larbi Ben Ali
Music Hammadi Ben Othman
Duration: 1h42 min
Production (France-Tunisia-Lybia) Alain Dahan: Unit Three or Unit 3 (Paris) Hassen Daldoul: SATPEC (Tunis) OGEK (Lybia)
Original medium: 35mm film color sound original version in French, Arabic document visible at the Forum des images * subtitles in French * Collection: Parisian Collection www.forumdesimages.fr/Collections/notice/VDP611

Cast:

Sidi Ali Kouiret (Salah)
Jacques Rispal (Albert)
Tahar Kebaili (Mehdi)
Marcel Cuvelier (Pierre)
Mohamed Hamam (Ahmed)
Dominique Lacarrière (Zohra)
Faouzi Kasri (Ali)
Pierre Forget (Cecelle)
Dynn Yaad (Kamel)
Françoise Thuries (the teacher)
Med Hondo (Med)
Catherine Rivet (Catherine)
Didane Ooumer (Hedi)
François Dyrek (Paul)
Raoul Curet (the teacher)
Gilberte Géniat (the baker)
Guy Mairesse (the watchman)
Khémaïs Khayati (Aziz)
Paul Pavel (journalist)
Denise Péron (Denise)
Alice Reichen (a schoolteacher)
Yves Wecker (Nicolas)
Jenny Clève (Simone)
Annie Noel (Josette)
Omar Chouiref
Berabah Rabah
Abdellatif Hamrouni
Samir Ayadi

Carthage Film Days (JCC 1976) / Carthage Film Festival - 1976 > Tanit d'Or Locarno International Film Festival - 1976 Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention